The latest UK Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed that housing market activity in Scotland was generally flat in February, as a shortage of properties becoming available for sale continued to result in an increasing number of potential new buyers being thwarted.
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New research by Canada Life has found that as many as one in 25 people in the UK have inheritance expectations amounting to at least £1 million. For one in 50 people, these expectations exceed £5 million.
Registers of Scotland (RoS) has published an interesting report on properties owned or leased in Scotland by overseas companies and individuals.
Many non-married cohabiting couples don’t fully understand their legal rights with regards to their partner’s estate and therefore risk finding themselves in a vulnerable financial position should their partner pass away.
Heavy snow and icy conditions across the UK have led to hundreds of school closures, with the worst of the winter weather still to hit Scotland.